The lived experience of nursing advocacy

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 469-477

  Hanks, Robert G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing; Nursing advocacy; Patients; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKPLACE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 46149108605     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733008090518     Document Type: Article

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